EP 0489434 B1 19980708 - Method and apparatus for sensing the condition of casting belt and belt coating in a continuous metal casting machine
Title (en)
Method and apparatus for sensing the condition of casting belt and belt coating in a continuous metal casting machine
Title (de)
Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Bestimmung der Beschaffenheit eines Giessbandes sowie der Beschichtung des Bandes beim kontinuierlichen Giessen
Title (fr)
Procédé et dispositif pour déterminer par palpage la qualité d'une bande de coulée ainsi que revêtement de la bande dans une machine à coulée continue de métal
Publication
Application
Priority
US 62302490 A 19901206
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0489434A2] Method and apparatus for continuously sensing and monitoring the conditions of tensed flexible endless metallic casting belts (12,14) and their insulative coatings in a continuous metal casting machine. The flatness of a casting belt (12, 14) is continuously monitored and thereby also the condition of its thermal protective coating. One or more non-contacting eddy-current sensing probes (36, 38) are placed in proximity to the reverse coolant side of a belt (12, 14) for sensing and measuring the distance of the belt from the probe to reveal irregularities in the flatness of the belt while it travels past the probe. A deficiency of insulative belt coating can cause variations in belt flatness during casting. By monitoring such variations an operator of the continuous casting machine is alerted that the coating needs to be retouched or replaced without interrupting the casting process. Or such monitoring can alert the operator that the belt (12, 14) has become inherently not flat. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B22D 11/06 (2006.01); B22D 11/16 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B22D 11/0668 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB IT LI SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0489434 A2 19920610; EP 0489434 A3 19930512; EP 0489434 B1 19980708; AT E168053 T1 19980715; AU 652393 B2 19940825; AU 8886991 A 19920611; BR 9105398 A 19920825; CA 2056303 C 19950117; DE 69129735 D1 19980813; DE 69129735 T2 19981210; JP 3074050 B2 20000807; JP H04266465 A 19920922; US 5086827 A 19920211
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 91120896 A 19911205; AT 91120896 T 19911205; AU 8886991 A 19911206; BR 9105398 A 19911205; CA 2056303 A 19911127; DE 69129735 T 19911205; JP 32339791 A 19911206; US 62302490 A 19901206